BRONZE EWER, 19TH CENTURY
Patinated and gilted bronze ewer, handle ornated with a satyr.
Body decorated with a garland of wine grapes and vines, laurel leaves on base, fluted pedestal, squared plinth.
Late 19th Century.
Cast of Thiébault frères, Fumière et Gavignot, signed.
Height : 37 cm (14-1/2 in.)
After Sigisbert Michel's model, Clodion's brother, who exhibited a plaster model in 1774 at the Académie Saint Luc.
The Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris conserves a bronze example from the 18th Century.
An example from the 19th Century is conserved at the Wallace Collection, London.
Thiébault frères, Fumière et Gavignot
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- Expertissim Reference: 450109
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